Anthromorphic Cannibalism

I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices anthromorphic cannibalistic iconography. This is a set of photos collected by agmilmoe, a Flickr user:

The Nutrients

So I went and got married 12 days ago.

Most of the members of The Nutrients, my first band, were there--me being the last of the band to get married.

As a surprise for The Nutrients, I plotted for the wedding band, Radio Covero (the cover-band incarnation of Corvo Radio), to learn and perform the first verse and chorus of one of our songs, Dumb Animal, at the reception. They pulled it off brilliantly, and segued into Born on the Bayou. I'm still not sure what to make of that choice, but it worked.

Hearing Dumb Animal either planted a seed, or pooped fertilizer all over a seed that was already planted. The Nutrients couldn't resist asking the wedding band to borrow their instruments and stage an unplanned reunion--in spite of our not having played together in about 20 years. A compulsory fan (i.e. wife) caught a few seconds of Dechromium Cob:




Standing in for the absent Paul Hildebrand was Mike Yozwiak on vocals--and showing a hidden talent: a mighty good blues voice. Ron Besore overcame his aversion to acoustic guitars, and Tom Dears was in his element on the drums. I played bass guitar.

Cob was an obvious choice. It's a plodding blues song with a simple structure. However, with minimal encouragement, we attempted Spaz next; a fast Punk song with tricky starts and stops, along with time and tempo changes. This time I tried to sing. We started and ended together, but the middle is a blur.

After only two songs, I had a nasty blister on my right index finger. You'd think I hadn't been practicing much. You'd be right.

Both of these songs were written almost 30 years ago when we were in high school, and are deeply ingrained--but not so deep that anyone should have expected a better performance.